Bag-holder.



No- 798,019. PATENTED AUG. 22, 1905.- A. DEUBL.

BAG HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 1.1904.

UNITED STATES PATENT @FFIGE.

ARTHUR DEUEL, OF WAYLAND, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EDIVARD S.FITCH, OF WAYLAND, MICHIGAN.

BAG-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 22, 1905,

Application filed November 1, 1904. Serial No. 231,034.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR DEUEL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wayland, in the county of Allegan and State of -Michigan,have invented new and useful Improvements in Bag-Holders, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to bag-holders or devices of that kind adaptedfor supporting bags while they are being filled and for shaking thefilled bags to cause the contents to assume a desired compactness.

The object of the invention is to provide a device of this kind which issimple of construction, comparatively inexpensive of production, andeflicient in use and which em bodies novel and improved means forsecuring the bag in position for filling and shaking the same while itis being filled to cause the material which is beingfed therein tobecome compact.

With this and other objects in view the invention consists of thefeatures of construction, combination, and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described and claimed, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of abagholder embodying my invention, showing the funnel or filling vesselraised and the parts in position to receive the bag to be filled. Fig. 2is a side elevation of the bag, showing a bag supported thereon andillustrating the operation of shaking the bag. Fig. 3 is a centralvertical section of the bag-holder with the shaking-frame lowered andshowing the manner in which the bag is clamped in position; and Fig. 4:is a detail view of the rest-block.

Referring now more particularly to the drawings, the letter A designatesa supporting-frame, which may be of any preferred form and construction,but which, as shown in the present instance, comprises two sills orbase-pieces 1, a pair of legs or standards 2 rising therefrom, and across-piece 3, connecting and bracing said legs or standards near theirlower ends.

Pivotally mounted upon the upper portion of the legs or standards 2 is ashaking-frame B, comprising parallel side bars 4, extending between theupper ends of the legs and pivoted thereto by bolts 5. The forward endsof the side bars 1 are provided with terminal grips 6, by means of whichsaid frame may be oscillated in a vertical plane, and disposed betweensaid bars and at a point in rear of said grips is a bag-holding ring 7,fastened in position by means of suitable securing devices 8. The ring 7is comparatively shallow in depth, so as to allow the mouth of the bagto be inserted therein and project thereabove, and the upper edge 9 ofthe ring forms a projecting surface, over which the edge of the mouth ofthe bag is adapted to fold, as hereinafter described. The side bars 4 ofthe shaking-frame are connected and braced in rear of the ring 7 by atransverse bar or cross-piece 10, and said frame is supported in ahorizontal position and limited inits upward and rearward movements bystop-bars 11 and 12, ap-

plied, respectively, to the front and rear sur;

faces of the legs 2 below and above the plane of the pivot-bolts 5, sothat the rear end of the shaking-frame A will swing or rock to a desiredextent between said bars 11 and 12, as will be readily understood.

From the rear ends of the side bars 4, immediately in advance of thestop-bar 12, rise supporting blocks or uprights 13, in which atransverse rod or shaft 15 is fixedly mounted at its ends. A bracket 16is bifurcated at its lower rear edge to form short arms 17, which areloosely and pivotally mounted upon said rod or shaft 15 to permit saidbracket to swing independentof the frame B. The said bracket carries afunnel or filling vessel 18, which is provided with a depending annularflange or collar 20, which is adapted when the bracket is swung downwardto fit into the ring 7 and form a funnel or guide to facilitate thepassage of the material to the bag and at the same time clamp the mouthof the bag to the ring 7.

In the practical operation of the invention the parts are normallyarranged as shown in Fig. 1, and the mouth of the bag which is to befilled is passed up through the ring 7 and the edge thereof turnedoutward over the edge 9 of the ring, as shown in Fig. 3. The bracket 17is then swung downward with the funnel 18 and the flange or collar 19forced into the open mouth of the bag so as to clamp the latter to thering 7. The bag is then supported in position to be filled, and thematerial is en- 'tered through the funnel or filling vessel 19.

When the bag is nearly filled, or when it is desired to shake down thecontents thereof at intervals in the process of filling, the grips 6 aregrasped in the hands of the operator and employed to swing or oscillatethe frame B in a vertical plane, and the contents of the bag will beshaken down to the desired compactness. In order to remove the filledbag, the

funnel 18 is swung upwardly, thus releas ing the bag from engagementwith ring 7, whereupon the bag will drop down by gravity and may beremoved and the mouth sealedwor closed in any approved manner to retainthe contents therein. In order to support the filling-funnel when thelatter is thrown upward, a rest-block 20 is arranged at the front of andsecured to the upper rear stop-bar 12. The upper edge of this block issegmentally notched or cut away to form a recess conforming in shape toand adapted to receive the lower portion of the rim edge of the funnelwhen the latter is tilted back, as shown in Fig; 1. By this means thefunnel when thrown up or tilted back will be supported in a horizontalor substantially horizontal position, thus relieving the pivot-rod 15and bracket 16 of a portion of its weight, whereby excess strain uponthese parts is prevented.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with theaccompanying drawings, the eonstruction and mode of operation of theinvention will be understood without a further extended description.

Changes in the form, proportions, and minor details of construction maybe made within the scope of the invention Without departing from thespirit or sacrificing any of the advantages thereof. 7

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is Abag-filling device comprising a supporting-frame, a shaking bag-holdingframe pivotally mounted thereon, a ring carried by said shaking-frame toreceive the mouth of the bag, a funnel or filling vessel hinged orpivoted to the shaking-frame and adapted to clamp the bag to the ring,stops upon the supporting-frame to limit the upward and downwardmovements of the shaking-frame, and a restblock adjacent to said stopshaving a concavity to receive the rim edge of the funnel or fillingvessel when the latter is swung back, whereby said funnel is positivelysupported when in inoperative position to relieve its pivotal supportsfrom strain, substantially as described. In testimony whereof I affiX mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

ARTHUR DEUEL.

Witnesses:

LEE DEUEL, W. S. ABLETT.

